Political Risk

BMI View: The discovery of substantial offshore oil has manifold political and economic implications.

BMI View: The ruling junta appears to be cautiously proceeding with a range of market based economic reforms. Commercial ties with key regional states are broadening in the absence... 2006-10-03

BMI View: While the rescheduling of April's annulled parliamentary election for October 15 set a timetable for resolving Thailand's political impasse, the failure of the Senate to... 2006-09-07

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (Asean) increasing dissatisfaction with the pace of reform in Myanmar could cost the insular State Peace and Development Council (SPDC)... 2006-08-04

BMI View: As Vietnam's new, younger and supposedly more reform minded leadership comes to power, all eyes seem to be on the issue of corruption, which dogged the 10th Communist Party... 2006-07-13

Trials of surviving senior Khmer Rouge leaders will likely begin in Q107 after 27 legal officials - including 17 Cambodians - were sworn in. A bevy of issues - geopolitical, financial... 2006-07-10

BMI View: Following the annulment of the April 2 snap election, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's ruling Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party, along with the main opposition Democrat Party,... 2006-07-04

A recent World Bank decision to suspend a tranche of development funds over graft concerns illustrates the ongoing political challenge facing Cambodia. Without significant efforts... 2006-06-09

BMI View: Intensified diplomatic efforts are being made to forge political change in Myanmar, but self-interested regional powers are reluctant to pressure Yangon. A forthcoming US-sponsored... 2006-06-07

BMI View: Following the annulment of Thailand's April 2 snap poll, the Thai cabinet has set October 15 as the date for a new general election. While the move sets a timetable for... 2006-06-07